hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)

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Subject:	hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)
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Resolution: 3648x2736 File Size: 3297802 Bytes Date: 2012:10:12 13:46:24 Camera: DSC-HX20V (SONY) F number: f/5.0 Exposure: 1/320 sec Focal Length: 3546/100 Upload Date: 2017:02:22 13:38:14

hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)

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Hamadryas Baboon Harem
Date 12 October 2012, 13:46
Source Hamadryas Baboon Harem http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueshields/8083155899/
Author Nick Shields http://www.flickr.com/people/88584330@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamadryas_Baboon_Harem_(8083155899).jpg

The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions provide habitats with the advantage for this species of fewer natural predators than central or southern Africa where other baboons reside. The hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians and appears in various roles in ancient Egyptian religion, hence its alternative name of 'sacred baboon'.

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Scientific Name: Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: English – Hamadryas Baboon, Sacred Baboon French – Hamadryas, Babouin hamadryas Spanish – Papión Negro, Papión Sagrado Synonyms: Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758 Hamadryas aegyptiaca Gray, 1870 Papio arabicus Thomas, 1900 Papio brockmani Elliot, 1909 Hamadryas chaeropitheus Lesson, 1840 Simia cynamolgus Linnaeus, 1758 Theropithecus nedjo Reichenbach, 1863 Cynocephalus wagleri Agassiz, 1828

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